Climb Up On That Ladder And Tame This Dog
One of my dad's current projects is to make the insane dog next door a little less insane. This was introduced to me with the phrase that I subtitled this lil blurb with. Yep, "Climb up on that ladder and tame this dog" was a command issued by my father. I think my response was something like "what?" but of course I was walking toward dad who had just put an 8 foot A-style ladder next to the fence.

The dog, of course, is barking it's head off. But it was doing that earlier, when we were just standing in the back yard. Dad talked to it calmly and offered it dog biscuits. But, really, he was still a big stranger on a ladder reaching into the dog's domain.

The dog was a little quieter after a while. And was totally silent once dad got down from his perch after a few minutes. However, the dog wasn't interested in the dog biscuits.

I tried a little bit of one while we were talking on the back porch. It's like if Playdoh made Bisquick, but with no salt. Crunchy though, but not meant for human consumption, so I only had a little.

I Say Call In Johnny Fairplay!
About the biggest train wreck of a reality show that's out now, well, no, it really isn't The Restaurant season 2. I guess Showbiz Moms & Dads is significantly worse, but I'm talking about The Restaurant here.

Seems that Rocco is a born loser on the order of Jason Dill. Well, Dill has real talent but some serious personality and/or time management issues.

I recorded last weeks episode since I saw what this weeks was supposed to be about. See, this weeks episode is when Rocco tried to take back Rocco's. Yes, Jefferey, the guy who shelled out four million dollars to build the place and has lost $600,000 in the four months it's been open, has brought his people in. Rocco's people and Jefferey's people don't work and play well together. Especially Jefferey's now-fired flakey kid who called Rocco "Captain Douchebag". Though kudos for that, but [makes Trump movement] Your Fired!

But this week's episode didn't air. Even though it made Yahoo's TV Picks for that day, somehow it got yanked. Maybe it has something to do with the preview clip where an unbathed and desperate Rocco croaks out "Sherry...get me my lawyer..."

Oh, and Rocco's secret recipie for his mom's meatballs:
The Seattle Times: Food: Recipe: Chef Rocco Dispirito's Mama's Meatballs

In any case, it's better reality TV than voting on Ruprick getting a million for losing Survivor.
- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 8:06 AM